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Wolff: Running Hamilton/Rosberg as team-mates a mistake

Lewis Hamilton, Toto Wolff and Nico Rosberg in 2015 Mercedes Formula 1 supremo Toto Wolff believes it was wrong to field Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg as team-mates during the team’s absolute golden era. Having first combined in 2013 when Hamilton made a high-profile switch from McLaren to replace the retiring Michael Schumacher, Mercedes utterly dominated the first three years of the hybrid-turbo era. In the 59 races from 2014 to 2016, Hamilton and Rosberg took 51 wins between them. Among the few grands prix they were not successful in was the infamous 2016 Spanish Grand Prix in which the duo collided while fighting hard for the lead on the opening lap, sending tensions to new...
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